Harlan Independent Schools

📚✏️ State Testing Week is Coming to Harlan Elementary! Let’s Make It Amazing! ✏️📚 We’re excited to support our students during state testing week and need your help Dragon Families to make it a fun and encouraging experience! 💪 We’re asking for support in two ways: 1️⃣ Donations – Help us keep our students energized with snacks and drinks! You can donate items like 2 liter bottles of Coca-Cola, Capri Suns, bottled water, nacho chips and cheese, snack cakes, granola bars, gummies or vanilla ice cream. Or feel free to give a monetary donation. 2️⃣ Decorations – Come help decorate the school and leave a note of encouragement for your Dragon! This is a fun way to show our students how much we believe in them! 🎉 Join us in decorating this weekend: 🗓 April 26 & 27 🕐 1:00–6:00 PM each day Even if you can’t help decorate, feel free to drop by and leave an encouraging note for your student. Let’s work together to make this a positive, memorable, and successful week for our Dragons! 🐉❤️ #FamilyOfDragons #HarlanElementary #TestingWeekSupport

Dragon Fans! 🐉Join us at the Joe Gilley Athletic Complex tomorrow at 11:00 AM as we host the E.R. “Doc” Gray Invitational. Go Green!! 🐉

💚 🎓Harlan High is proud to present today’s first Senior Spotlight: Carley Thomas! 🎓💚 Today we’re celebrating someone who’s made a real difference — Carley Thomas! Whether through leadership, laughter, or loyalty, she has shaped our school in the best way. Fill the comments with Green Dragon love! 💚 🎓🐉 #HarlanHigh #SeniorSpotlight #OnceADragonAlwaysADragon #Classof2025

🎓 Time to spotlight another Green Dragon Senior - Noah Sharp!🎓🐉 Put your hands together for Noah Sharp! He has rocked his time at Harlan High School, and the future looks even brighter. Hype him up below with a message, a memory, or a comment. 🐉🎓#HarlanHigh #SeniorSpotlight #OnceADragonAlwaysADragon #Classof2025

May is just around the corner and it appears we have some seniors who have a serious case of senioritis. There is a false social media post regarding no school for Friday, April 25th due to Internet and Water outages. They get an A for effort, but unfortunately that post if false. As much as we would all enjoy an extra day off in April we will have school tomorrow so we don’t have to make it up at the end of May. Remember, the Harlan Independent School District will be on a regular schedule for Friday, April 25th. Again, we will be on a regular schedule for Friday, April 25th.

Good luck to our Harlan Lady Dragons as they travel to Middlesboro tonight to play. The game will begin at 5:30 PM. Let’s go green!! 🐉🥎

🥎🥎🥎 8th Grade Night!!! Come out tonight and support our HMS Lady Dragon Softball team as they take on Cumberland! 8th grade night starts at 5 and the game will follow! 🐉

🎓🌟 Dragon of the Day: Ava Nunez! 🐉 Today, we honor a senior who’s led with heart, lifted others, and left their mark. Let Ava know just how much she means to HHS — drop your love in the comments! 💚 🎓🐉 #HarlanHigh #SeniorSpotlight #OnceADragonAlwaysADragon #Classof2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to our first ever HMS Dragon Showcase! Our students did a fantastic job at showing the great things going on in our school! We are looking forward to finishing our year strong and are already accepting new students who are interested in joining the Dragon Family!!! Enroll your student now at: enrollatharlan.com

🐉 Join us today in the gym for our first ever Harlan Middle School Dragon Showcase from 4:00-5:30! There will be performances from the band and choir along with student and club presentations! Everybody is invited to attend!

🎓🌟 One of Our Finest — Addison Jackson! 🌟 Whether in the classroom, on the team, or just being a great human, this senior has done it all with class. Help us celebrate her today by leaving a comment filled with pride and positivity! 🖤💚 🎓🐉 #HarlanHigh #SeniorSpotlight #OnceADragonAlwaysADragon #Classof2025

⚾️ Congratulations to the Green Dragons for tonight's wins against Middlesboro! 🐉 #GoBigGreen

⚾️ HMS Baseball comes up big on 8th grade night! Congratulations to our HMS baseball team on a huge victory against Bell County tonight!! These boys played hard and came out with a big win!

🥎 What about those HMS Lady Dragons? Congratulations to our Middle School Lady Dragons on a huge victory against Harlan County tonight!!

🚨 8th Grade Night!! 🚨 Tonight is a special night as we honor our 8th grade baseball players!! Come out and support these Green Dragons!! #WeAreHarlan ✅ 8th Grade Night Ceremonies - 5:30 PM ✅ HMS vs. Bell Co - 6:00 PM

🐉🐉Wishing our HHS and HMS Lady Dragons good luck as they take on the Harlan County Lady Bears this evening! The high school game will begin at 5:30 PM and the middle school game will take place directly after. Let’s go, Lady Dragons! #familyofdragons #gobiggreen🐉🐉

🔥🐉 Join Us for the First Ever Dragon Showcase! 🐉🔥 📍 Harlan Middle School 📅 Wednesday, April 23rd ⏰ 4:00 – 5:30 PM We’re excited to invite families, students, community members, and especially 4th grade students and their parents to our Dragon Showcase — a celebration of everything that makes Harlan Middle School special! 🎶 Enjoy performances by our Band and Choir 🏆 Celebrate our incredible clubs and student organizations 🎤 Explore student-led presentations and classroom showcases throughout the building 👋 Get a feel for what middle school life is really like! This is a great opportunity for rising 5th graders and their families to get comfortable with the building, and see the amazing opportunities waiting for them next year. We would also like to invite all of our current families as our students will be showing off the great things happening at HMS! ✨ Come see the spirit of the Green Dragons in action — we can’t wait to welcome you! 💚🐲 #DragonShowcase #ThisIsHarlanMiddleSchool

⚾️🐉 Game Day! 🐉⚾ Hey Green Dragon fans! Our Harlan Green Dragons take on the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets tonight in a district doubleheader! 📍Location: Middlesboro ⏰ First Game: 5:30 PM ⏰ Second Game: Right after the first! Go Big Green! 💚🔥 #DoubleheaderDay #BeatTheYellowJackets #GreenDragonBaseball

🎓From the Classroom to the Graduation Stage! Olivia Helton has embraced every opportunity with courage and creativity. Let’s give her a standing ovation in the comments today! 🌟 🐉 🎓 #HarlanHigh #SeniorSpotlight #OnceADragonAlwaysADragon #Classof2025

In a special called meeting on Monday, the Harlan Independent Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Mrs. Jennifer Parsons as the next Superintendent of the Harlan Independent School District. She will assume the role on July 1, 2025, succeeding current Superintendent C.D. Morton, who previously announced his resignation effective June 30th. Congratulations to Mrs. Jennifer Parsons!